On abstinence from killing animals Porphyry ; translated by Gillian Clark.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Porphyry, approximately 234-approximately 305, author.

Contributor:

Clark, Gillian (E. Gillian), editor.

Series:

Ancient commentators on Aristotle.

Ancient commentators on Aristotle

Standardized Title:

De abstinentia. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vegetarianism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, N.Y. Cornell University Press 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Porphyry's On Abstinence from Killing Animals is one of the most interesting books from Greek antiquity for both philosophers and historians. In it, Porphyry relates the arguments for eating or sacrificing animals and then goes on to argue that an understanding of humans and gods shows such sacrifice to be inappropriate, that an understanding of animals shows it to be unjust, and that a knowledge of non-Greeks shows it to be unnecessary. There are no Neoplatonist commentaries on Aristotle's Ethics from the period AD 250-600. Thus, although this work is not a commentary on Aristotle, it fills a gap in this series by going to the heart of ethical debates among Neoplatonists around AD 300, and revealing one ascetic Neoplatonist's view of the ideal way of life. It also records rival positions taken on the treatment of animals by Greek philosophers over the previous six hundred years."--Bloomsbury Publishing

Porphyry's On Abstinence from Killing Animals is one of the most interesting books from Greek antiquity for both philosophers and historians. In it, Porphyry relates the arguments for eating or sacrificing animals and then goes on to argue that an understanding of humans and gods shows such sacrifice to be inappropriate, that an understanding of animals shows it to be unjust, and that a knowledge of non-Greeks shows it to be unnecessary. There are no Neoplatonist commentaries on Aristotle's Ethics from the period AD 250-600. Thus, although this work is not a commentary on Aristotle, it fills a gap in this series by going to the heart of ethical debates among Neoplatonists around AD 300, and revealing one ascetic Neoplatonist's view of the ideal way of life. It also records rival positions taken on the treatment of animals by Greek philosophers over the previous six hundred years.

Contents:

Preface

Introduction

Textual Emendations

TRANSLATION

Notes

Bibliography English-Greek

Glossary Greek-English Index

Index of Passages Cited

Subject

Index

Notes:

Series statement on jacket

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-200) and indexes

ISBN:

9781472552075

1472552075

9781780938882

1780938888

OCLC:

922786407